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Luna

Park Sun Young (박선영) known by her stage name Luna is a South Korean singer, dancer, and actress currently based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group f(x).

Career

Early life

Luna was born as Park Sun-Young in Seoul South Korea on August 12, 1993. It is said that if Luna's sister joined f(x) her voice would be sweet and soft.[1]

In October 2011, it was confirmed that she has been accepted at Chung-Ang University's Institute of the Arts as theater majors through a special rolling admissions screening process.[2]

Debut

In 2006, SM Entertainment, an entertainment agency based in South Korea, recruited Luna after seeing her performing on a SBS's television program, "Truth Game".[3] After training for more than three years, she became a member of a quintent pop idol girl group, f(x), under the label of her agency. On September 1, 2009, f(x)'s first single "La Cha Ta" (stylized as "LA chA TA") was digitally released. The group's first broadcast performance of "La Cha Ta" was held at MBC's music show Show! Music Core on September 5, 2009. Since then, f(x), has released three digital singles and a mini-album, Nu ABO, and have won numerous awards. The group participated in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour alongside their label-mates in Seoul, Shanghai and Los Angeles.[4] f(x) has also appeared in their own reality shows like Hello f(x) and f(x)'s Koala. They have also endorsed some commercial products like an LG Cyon cell phone, 'Lollipop', and clothing brands like K-Swiss.[5] On November 24, 2010, Avex Entertainment, released a statement that f(x) was now signed to their agency for future releases in China, Japan and Taiwan.

Other activities

In 2010, Luna won the 'Variety New Star Award' at the SBS Entertainment Awards for 'Star King'.[6]

In October 2010, Luna was one of the twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go", for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. She provided vocals along with labelmates Sungmin, Seohyun and Jonghyun. Also, Luna appeared as the regular member of Star King for a long time and earned an Award from SBS for her appearance and effort.Template:Cite

On April 15, 2011, Luna started hosting a music program called The Show from MTV Korea along with Secret's Hyosung.[7]

Luna was cast in the TV Chosun drama entitled Saving Ahjumma Go Bong Sil as Seo In Young, a college student and youngest daughter of Go Bong Sil. It was her drama debut alongside SS501's Kim Kyu Jong. It was first aired in December 2011.[8][9]

On September 5, 2019, She left SM Entertainment after her contract expired and joined Humap Contents in October 2019.[10]

Profile

  • Stage Name: Luna (루나)
  • Birth Name: Park Sun Young (박선영)
  • Name Meaning(s):
  • Nickname(s): Lulu (main), Mirror Princess, Puppy, Lunber
  • Birth date: August 12, 1993
  • Horoscope: Leo
  • Blood type: A
  • Birth place: Seoul, South Korea
  • Current residence: Seoul, South Korea
  • Roommates (during f(x)): Sulli[11]
  • Family: Mother, Father, Twin Sister (Park Jinyoung), Older Brother
  • Body statistics: 162 cm (5' 3¾") (height), 44 kg (97 lbs) (weight)
  • Education: Lila Arts High School (Graduate), Chung Ang University of the Arts (Theatre)
  • Languages: Korean, Chinese (waning proficiency)
  • Position: Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
  • Instruments: Piano[12]
  • Hobbies: Making Beauty type videos
  • Likes: Pizza and rice
  • Dislikes:
  • Personality: Outgoing, Optimistic, Talkative, Loyal

Discography

Luna has recorded quite a few tracks for OSTs of various dramas. In late 2009, Luna and Krystal Jung contributed to the soundtrack of television series, Invincible Lee Pyung Kang, with a duet, "Hard but Easy".Template:Cite In early 2010, Krystal, Luna and Amber also recorded the song "Spread Its Wings" for the soundtrack of the KBS's drama, God of Study.Template:Cite Krystal and Luna again recorded a duet song for the KBS's drama Cinderella's Sister original soundtrack, called "Calling Out".Template:Cite In late 2010, Luna released a single title, "Beautiful Day", as part of the soundtrack for KBS's drama, Please Marry Me.Template:Cite On December 23, 2010, a duet collaboration between Luna and Super Junior's Yesung was released, titled “And I Love You“, for the second original soundtrack of KBS's President.[13]

Mini Albums

Singles

  • Don't Cry For Me (2015)
  • Night Reminiscin' (2018)
  • Even So (2019)

Featured

  • Shinee's Key and Minho - Get Down (2009)

OST

Year Album Song Duration Artist
2009 KBS2 Invincible Lee Pyung Kang OST "Hard but Easy" 03:51 Duet with Krystal
2010 KBS God of Study OST "Spread Its Wings" 03:56 Duet with Krystal and Amber
KBS Cinderella's Sister OST "Calling Out" 04:22 Duet with Krystal
KBS Please Marry Me OST "Beautiful Day" 03:58 Solo
KBS President OST "And I Love You" 03:34 Duet with Yesung
2012 SBS]To The Beautiful You "It`s Me" 03:42 Duet with Sunny

Filmography

Drama

Year Title Role
2011-12 Saving Ahjumma Go Bong Sil [8] Seo In Young

Television series

Year Title Role Note
2006 SBS's Truth Game [14][15] Guest Pre-debut with f(x)
2010 MBC's 2010 Idol Star Athletics Championships [16] Competitor Women's high jump gold medal winner
2010-11 SBS's Star King Template:Cite Regular Member
2011 MBC's Enjoy Today [17][18] Guest
KBS2's Idol Brain Collision [19] Guest (February 3)
MBC's Idol Star 7080 Best Singer [20] Competitor (February 4)
KBS2's Happy Together 3 Guest (February 10)
MBC'S Come To Play [21] Guest (March 14)
SBS's Strong Heart [22][23] Guest (March 22 & 30)
MTV The Show Host
SBS's Running Man [24] Guest (August 7 & 14)
2012 tvn's TAXI [25] Guest (May 17)
SBS's 100 Million Quiz Show [26] Guest With bandmate Victoria (June 15)
KBS's Immortal Song 2 [27][28] Contestant (August 8 - October 13)

Musical theatre

Year Title Role
2011 Legally Blonde [29] Elle Woods
Coyote Ugly [30] Violet Sanford

Trivia

  • She reads her bible everyday. Her mother bought her a compact one so she can travel with it.

Gallery

To view the gallery for Luna, click here.

References

  1. ↑ f(x)’s Luna unveils her identical twin sister Allkpop. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ [2]
  4. ↑ [3]
  5. ↑ [4]
  6. ↑ [5]Allkpop
  7. ↑ Check out the first broadcast of MTV’s “The Show” music program!. Allkpop. April 15, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 f(x)'s Luna displaying her acting skills for 'Saving Ahjumma Go Bong Sil'. Allkpop. January 23, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  9. ↑ SS501 member Kim Kyu Jong takes on a role in new drama, 'Saving Ajumma Go Bong Sil'. Allkpop. December 7, 2011. Retrieved on July 8, 2012.
  10. ↑ https://kpopsingers.com/luna-fx-profile-bio-facts/
  11. ↑ Introducing f(x)'s dorm
  12. ↑ f(x) Members Play Instruments
  13. ↑ [6]
  14. ↑ f(x)’s Luna made a pre-debut appearance on “Truth Game”. Allkpop. February 11, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  15. ↑ How f(x) members Luna and Krystal Got Noticed by SM. Allkpop. September 2, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  16. ↑ Idol Star Athletics Championships reigns supreme as top Chuseok special. Allkpop. September 26, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  17. ↑ [UPDATE w/audio] f(x)’s Luna wins over the judges on ‘Enjoy Today’. Allkpop. February 20, 2011. Retrieved on July 8, 2012.
  18. ↑ f(x)’s Luna bursts into tears from harsh criticism on MBC “Enjoy Today”. Allkpop. February 4, 2011. Retrieved on July 8, 2012.
  19. ↑ f(x)’s Luna shows off her strength on “Idol Brain Collision”. Allkpop. February 3, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  20. ↑ Alex & f(x)’s Luna perform a duet for “Idol Star 7080 Best Singer”. Allkpop. February 2, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  21. ↑ ’93-line’ IU, Luna & Jiyeon take selcas at “Come to Play”. Allkpop. March 9, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  22. ↑ Luna reveals her feelings at being called the ‘muscle-idol’. Allkpop. March 22, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  23. ↑ Kang Ho Dong made f(x)’s Luna cry?. Allkpop. March 29, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  24. ↑ “Running Man” to air ‘girl group special’ with Suzy, Jiyeon, Luna, and Sulli Allkpop. August 3, 2011. Retrieved on July 8, 2012.
  25. ↑ Jessica, Luna, and Sungmin to guest-feature on an upcoming episode of 'TAXI'. All K-pop. (2012-05-01). Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  26. ↑ f(x)'s Luna and Victoria to appear on '100 Million Quiz Show']. All K-pop. (2012-06-14). Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  27. ↑ f(x)'s Luna Joins "Immortal Song" | Soompi. Soompi. July 26, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  28. ↑ f(x)’s Luna to depart ‘Immortal Song 2′, B1A4 to make a guest appearance. Soompi. September 19, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  29. ↑ f(x)'s Luna prepares for her musical debut through "Legally Blonde". Allkpop. January 31, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  30. ↑ f(x)'s Luna, Jang Hee Young & Yoo Ha Na triple cast for 'Coyote Ugly' the musical. Allkpop. June 11, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.

Navigation

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Victoria • Amber • Luna • Krystal
Sulli (†)
Korean Discography
Full Albums Pinocchio • Pink Tape • Red Light • 4 Walls
Mini Albums Nu ABO • Electric Shock
Repackages Hot Summer
Digital Singles LA chA TA • Chocolate Love • 12:25 (Wish List) • All Mine
Single Albums Chu~♡
Japanese Discography
Singles Summer Special Pinocchio / Hot Summer • 4 Walls / COWBOY